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At Talley Your Adventure, we don’t just plan luxury and culturally rich travel experiences—we live and breathe them. Our blog, travelingtalleys.blog, is where we share the real stories behind our adventures: kayaking alongside glaciers in Alaska, exploring temples in Japan, chasing waterfalls in Iceland, and wandering through storybook towns in Germany. If it’s unforgettable, chances are we’ve done it—or we’re planning it next.

Nicolette brings deep experience in travel and heritage. With a Master’s in Public History, she’s worked as a Supervisory Park Ranger, Revenue Manager, and Program Analyst across multiple national parks for over a decade. Her career has taken her from managing interpretive boat tours in Alaska’s wild backcountry to overseeing large-scale visitor service projects with million-dollar budgets. And yes—she’s also a licensed 100-Ton Inland Master Boat Captain who’s led cultural and ecological tours from riverboats to remote beaches.

Clinton’s travel roots run just as deep. He’s worked in logistics and operations for the National Park Service and was a key member of the hospitality team aboard National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions. From managing guest services on remote international voyages to coordinating facility software systems stateside, he knows what it takes to deliver seamless, high-end travel experiences—even in the most unpredictable places.

Together, we created Talley Your Adventure to bring our experience, passion, and attention to detail to your travel planning. Whether it’s a fully curated group trip or a personalized vacation built just for you, we combine expert-level service with insider know-how—so you can focus on the magic of the journey.

Want us to help you on your next adventure? Head over to www.talleyyouradventure.com!

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Sakura Blooms – Inuyama, Japan

DINOSAURS INVADE CLINTON LIBRARY…and Thesis Defense!!

WP_20150420_004Welcome back, bloggers! As promised, I am here to excitedly announce the opening of the Dinosaur Around the World, a Passport to Pangea at the Clinton Library this weekend. If you are in Little Rock, I highly suggest you come downtown and check us out!

The crazy thing about helping to set up this exhibit is that most of the work is done by the Imagine crew, who help with the animations of the dinosaurs (yes, they move!) There are two exhibits, one on the main floor and another separate one on the second floor of the museum. In addition to educating the public about dinosaurs, it also ties back to Bill Clinton himself since he was the one to designated the Grand Staircase-Escalante National WP_20150420_003Monument as a national monument in 1996.  I am very excited to come to the opening and view the dinosaurs in their ‘natural habitat’ and hope to see lots of people there as well. Dinosaurs have always fascinated me, and I have actually visited both the Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument as well. Both are beautiful, and deserve to be featured throughout the nation!

WP_20150420_009Since most of the work is being done by the professions working for Imagine, that left a lot of the little details to us here in the museum. Mostly I have been helping with the displays – cleaning the Plexiglas, helping to arrange things, making backings for the information cards to rest on, and general help around the exhibit. This is all in addition to inventory, updating TMS and taking photos of Foreign Head of State gifts.

In addition to all this dinosaur exhibit, I am proud to announce that I have successfully passed my thesis defense on Carl Edward Bailey as of April 8th, 2015! Yay!! I had such a great audience as well, including someone from the Political Science department and my mom, who Skyped in from North Carolina to be there for the festivities! Clinton (my fiance) was also in attendance, as well as three graduate students. Thanks everyone for taking time out of your day! I got a lovely shout-out from both Central National Historic Site and the Center for Arkansas History and Culture about my successful defense, and that makes it even more special! Check out the digital exhibit that I used to accompany my process paper and when it is made available through the school, I can show you the paper as well! 🙂

Until next time, bloggers!

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    Congratulations!!

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